Raj Dharmaraj (PCC) has over three decades of experience in the IT industry,spanning multiple leadership roles across business-technology consulting,account management and HR.

Raj is incumbent President of ICF – Chennai Charter Chapter, and has been actively involved in internal coaching for several years, as part of his organization’s “Leadership Gym” coaching program , He is also certified on the Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) for leading & coaching across cultures

Raj’s areas of interest include career planning, change management, personal development and emotional wellness. He currently heads the HR M&A Strategic Deals function for India & APAC at Cognizant and is responsible for various aspects of talent services strategy, solutioning and implementation for employee transitions.

Raj is an alumnus of XLRI and Loyola, and a Fulbright Fellow (Carnegie Mellon University). He is co-founder of Chennai Mentors, a volunteer-based network supporting schoolchildren from underprivileged backgrounds

Vijayalakshmi is a Master Coach & Mentor (MCC from ICF & MP from EMCC), an experienced Management Consultant and a certified Systemic & Team Coach. She is the founder of CoachConsult, an integrated Coaching and Management Consulting practice which is driven by the guiding belief - “Play at Full Potential” , wherein every individual and entity has the potential to perform at their best. She has 2900 hours of coaching experience and her specialities include Executive, Leadership, Wellness & Conflict coaching, working with individuals, teams & businesses.

Viji is a multi-faceted Management Professional with over 20 years of experience in Consulting & Human Resources, a background in Law and is an accredited Mediator. Passionate about all sports, health & fitness, she is a certified SFG Kettlebell and GFM movement instructor. Viji is a Coaching Evangelist and a believer in the power of the collective & universal connections. She has embodied this, leading an impactful, pro-bono community support initiative of the professional coaching community.

Prior to taking on the role of Chapter President, Viji has been an integral part of the Chapter Board serving as Director Membership & Member Experience and later as President-Elect. She believes that Volunteer-leadership is one of the ways of the best ways to give back to the Coaching profession & the community.

Shiva Subramaniam is a Biomimicry Evangelist with over 30 years of experience driving Learning and Development in organizations. He is the Co-founder of Biomimicry Compass, an IIT Madras incubated company, and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC).

Shiva has coached the Indian National Cricket team and the Delhi Daredevils IPL team on creative thinking, and is a Guest faculty at IIT Madras.

Shiva was also a practicing lawyer in the High Court at Madras. Shiva is a firm believer in the power of imagination - has a real star for a friend, and is an ardent football Manchester United fan.

Poorna Pushkala Chandrasekaran is a Professional Certified Coach (ICF-PCC) & a senior certified HR professional (SHRM-SCP) with over 18 years of professional experience, and believes that she can make the world a better place through coaching conversations.

Poorna has extensive experience in the start-up space and was working in the People, Branding & Communications space until recently. She is a trusted business partner for growth and has proven expertise in transforming organisational processes aligned with the growth of the organisation.

Poorna is currently heading Group Corporate Strategy & Process Excellence for Samunnati, a Chennai based Agri Value Chain enabler.

Baburaj Nair is a people process specialist with a difference. He is an author, a poet, a prolific researcher, a leadership transformation coach, and a certified Independent Director. Being part of the Executive Management Team in his last four companies, with his exposure to different business /social contexts (more than 25 years of multi-industry/locational and around 7 years of academic/social sector exposure), and training inputs from professors of Harvard and Michigan Universities, he could provide business solutions from wide, value-adding perspectives of life/business to his clients.

With more than 6000 facilitation/training hours, 3000+ hours of mentoring, and 500+ hours of coaching experience, Baburaj's continuous focus is to "build actionable knowledge for sustainability". He was National Executive Secretary of the National HRD Network and is a Life Member of NIPM, ISTD, and Institute of Directors. He does his consultancy/coaching work with bases in Cochin, Mumbai, and Dubai.

J. Lakshminarayanan (JL) is a Leadership Coach and a catalyst for personal and professional growth. With over two decades of corporate experience, his mission is to help individuals discover their true potential. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 2 decades of experience across renowned companies such as Sundaram Finance, Caterpillar, Dell Technologies and Finastra Software.

JL’s life-altering turning point came in 2020 during the pandemic, which made him realise his inner strength, mental resilience and passion for growth. This transformative period sowed the seed to expand his mindset, and explore new careers, which eventually inspired him to transition from Finance Leader to Professional Coach.

JL is an ICF ACC credentialed coach and is pursuing his PCC credential, having completed the necessary training requirements. His is the founder of a coaching practice dedicated to empowering individuals and teams to achieve their full potential. His motto is simple - to be a trusted thinking partner and a catalyst for growth and transformation.

Vani Suriaprakash started her career in 2009 working in different domains ranging from banking, telecom, Media & Entertainment. Right from the beginning, her focus was more towards coaching & mentoring and over time, the desire changed to passion, because of working alongside like-minded people. The ability, to make people around her feel comfortable, makes her an easy go to person to discuss and get clarity of thoughts.

Listening to others is her forte as it helps her to understand things in a unique way and post questions, which makes others expand their comfort zone and think out of the box. She is exuberant whenever she is committed to work and more than that, she is always ready to learn.

When it comes to coaching & training, her hunger is never ending, ranging from certifications from ICF (ACC) and other leading programs. Vani is very much attached to her daughter who is the apple of her eye, and she ensures she spends as much time with her as possible.

Suba Lakshminarasimhan is an Executive Leadership Coach (ICF-ACC). A Certified Workplace Conflict Management Coach, Suba coaches leaders to manage inner conflicts, and emotions leading to sustainable growth. An award-winning Entrepreneur, founder-director of SLN Brand Studio LLP, Suba brings in global leadership experience from her experience with Tata Consultancy Services, (India), British Telecom, UK and The CLASS Consulting Group, USA.

She received HerRising Award from Jobsforher and Digital Women Award by Shethepeople. Tv. A life coach certified, keynote speaker, Mentor, and Alumni on various prestigious platforms, Suba has presented and published research papers at International leadership conferences. She is a passionate Kathak dancer & a badminton Player..

Sriram T is a Certified Life and Performance coach (ACC), a Certified NLP Trainer & NLP Master Practitioner and a corporate facilitator. He enjoys working with people and masters the art of creating spaces for people to learn, grow and have fun. With over 4 years of Coaching and Facilitation, experience, he has coached several hundreds of people from various walks of life and has been part of several transformational programs.

With his expertise in the field of Business development, he has worked with some large clients on several EQ based leadership programs as well.

With over 19 years of experience in setting up and leading various business development roles, Sriram has handled challenging and large profiles working with several large corporates.

He is a passionate theatre artist and has done over 250 stage shows and acted in over 12 Tamil films. Sriram loves playing cricket and badminton and is a very passionate music lover.

Dr. K R Subrahmany (popularly known as Subbu!) is an experienced Management Consultant, Certified Trainer and a Coach.

He is a multi-faceted Management Professional with around 25+ years of experience in Consulting and Learning & Development.He had a credential of training more than 1,30,000 working professionals over two and half decades.

Subbu is a Graduate in Science with a Post-Graduation in Management from one of the premier Business Schools and has a Fellowship in Management. He works very closely with various Indian Corporates and one of India’s largest PSUs. He also is a visiting faculty for a couple of Business Schools.

Kishore is a student of life and works with strong belief that all of us have power of creating desirable and sustainable change in our lives and become a better version of ourselves.

Kishore Kumar Thakur is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) & Mentor, a Global member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and a Finance professional, offering three decades of leadership experience in Strategic Planning, Financial Control, Analysis & Reporting, Risk Management, Statutory Compliance, Audit & MIS across industry verticals like Steel, Construction, Textile, Electronics etc. and working with people at various levels, collaborating to find customized solutions to various business problems. His specialties include improvement in workplace behaviour, development of leadership skill, building high performance teams, etc.

A Marshall Goldsmith Certified Coach & Facilitator, Kishore has independent Coaching practice and works with a wide variety of leaders from start-ups, mid-to-small size businesses and major global brands across Asia, US and Europe.

Kishore has a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from University of Madras, PG Diploma in Business Management, and ICWA – Intermediate.

Always living in gratitude for unconditional love of his family (wife and two grown up daughters) Kishore is grateful for his fellow coaches in coaching community for always inspiring and being available to each other and all the wonderful people he meets and connects with in his Happy Journey of life.

Natarajan is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). BN has 29 years of comprehensive experience in some of the reputed companies with wide experience in different sectors like Electrical Engineering, Vertical Transportation, FMCG, Ship Building, Power Generation and Education. BN is an Engineer turned HR professional, heading the HR function for the past decade and has experience in finding innovative solution to complex HR issues and implementing the same.

BN has been a part time faculty for Management students and is currently in the journey of transforming people lives through training and coaching through his HR consultancy. He is interested in supporting business leaders in the MSME sectors to set up HR processes and guide them in key HR initiatives for better people management.

BN has done his Bachelors in Science (Mathematics) from American College, Madurai, Bachelors in Production Technology from MIT, Chennai and his Masters in Human Resource Management from NMIMS, Mumbai University. BN is a blogger and has published a few articles under the title Sculpting Success.